Stop avoiding things you want to do because of anxiety. Panic attacks and anxiety about social outings is not normal; It is not who you are and is a completely treatable condition
First, social anxiety has a whole fucking book about causes. They can be social, economic, chemical, physical, cultural, religious, political, governments, upbringing, trauma, experience, power dynamics I think I could go on but I am not smart enough.
Treatment for these could be, relocation, medicine, therapy, time, practice, support groups, support systems, etc.
ALSO some people really neither need or want interaction with others beyond what is necessary to be a member of society. Which is fine! Well… so as long as they don’t become psychotic and start hurting themselves or others… but I digress.
Hey I still suffer from it too, even medication is not a catch all. But trying to treat has made me feel so much better than just raw dogging the anxiety
Right sorry, there is only so much space and focus to cover everything one would want to say.
At an individual level I will say that taking an active role in your goals is paramount. If your goal is to get your anxiety under control it will not just happen on its own. You have to take steps towards it. Of course the steps will depend on the person.
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u/MindfulMewtwo989 12h ago
Stop avoiding things you want to do because of anxiety. Panic attacks and anxiety about social outings is not normal; It is not who you are and is a completely treatable condition